The first trial stemming from the November 2015 Paris terror attacks opens Wednesday (January 24th) when Jawad Bendaoud appears in court, charged with harbouring two of the perpetrators in the attack's aftermath, AFP reported.
Bendaoud stands accused of lending his apartment to Abdelhamid Abaaoud -- an "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) operative suspected of co-ordinating the attacks that killed 130 people -- and his accomplice Chakib Akrouh.
Abaaoud had spent time in Syria prior to the Paris attacks, and was wanted in connection with his efforts to recruit extremists to fight there.
The trial comes ahead of that of the only survivor among the 10 men who carried out the killing spree, Salah Abdeslam, who is due to appear in court in Belgium early next month.
The court will seek to determine whether Bendaoud actively conspired in helping two of the perpetrators to hide out or whether he got caught up in events unknowingly.
